---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: durable medical equipment reimbursement."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law requires the department to establish a list of covered services and maximum allowable reimbursement rates for durable medical equipment, as defined. Existing law requires that reimbursement for all durable medical equipment billed to the Medi-Cal program using codes with no specified maximum allowable rate be the lesser of certain amounts, including the manufacturer's suggested retail price on June 1, 2006, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 728"
citation: "California SB 728 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: durable medical equipment reimbursement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2daf1cf-2e3e-45a7-949c-551d86f12078"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728"
source_hash: "0b04a5a2eeaaaaa2441d61dbdc7964913f82f628f28feb50607367e4ed45efcf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 728 (20112012) — Medi-Cal: durable medical equipment reimbursement.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law requires the department to establish a list of covered services and maximum allowable reimbursement rates for durable medical equipment, as defined. Existing law requires that reimbursement for all durable medical equipment billed to the Medi-Cal program using codes with no specified maximum allowable rate be the lesser of certain amounts, including the manufacturer's suggested retail price on June 1, 2006, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72899INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72898AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72897AMD)
4. **06/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72896AMD)
5. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72894CHP)
6. **SB728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728)
7. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB728&version=20110SB72895ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB728 Negrete McLeod Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 728 Negrete McLeod Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 675.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-02** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1121.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 1247.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-05** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5966.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4596.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Set for hearing August 22.
- **2012-08-22** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4792.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4762.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 451, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2daf1cf-2e3e-45a7-949c-551d86f12078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).